Does decentralization enhance poverty reduction and service delivery?

Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawingon cutting edge research, expert contributors address this fundamental question facing policy-makers in developing as well as advanced countries. This timely book builds upon insights on the recent developments in the intergovernmental literature first outlined in the "Handbook of Fiscal Federalism". New empirical evidence from across the globe is presented: policy-oriented chapters evaluate fiscal federalism with an emphasis on the effectiveness of decentralizedservice delivery, the decentralization process in different parts of the world is appraised, and specially commissioned research focuses on the political economy process and the outcomes of the decentralization process. The role of international agencies, as explicit donors, is examined in several chapters. INDICE: Introduction: Does Decentralization Enhance Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction? Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio PART I: POSITIVE APPROACHES 1. Information Distortion, Elite Capture and Task Complexity in Decentralized Development Jean-Phillipe Platteau 2. Governance Dilemmas in Service Delivery Pranab Bardhan 3. Political Economy Approaches to Fiscal Decentralization Ben Lockwood 4. The Politics of Partial Decentralization Shyantanan Devarajan, Stuti Khemani and Shehkar Shah PART II: WHAT DO WE KNOW? 5. What Do We Know? Evidence on Decentralization and Local Service Provision Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio 6. Decentralization in Bolivia: Has it Made a Difference? GabriellaInchauste 7. Uganda: Managing More Effective Decentralization Ehtisham Ahmad,Giorgio Brosio and Maria Gonzalez 8. The Impact of Decentralization on Education in Poland Maciej Jakubowski and Irena Topiska 9. Evaluating the Effects ofDecentralization on Public Service Delivery: the Spanish Experience Albert Sole-Olle PART II: SELECTED NORMATIVE AND POLICY ISSUES 10. Decentralization andPublic Service Provision - A Framework for Pro-poor Institutional Design Regina Birner and Joachim von Braun 11. Fiscal Policy Instruments and the Political-Economy of Designing Programs to Reach the Poorest Ehtisham Ahmad 12. Subnational Insolvency and Governance: Cross-country Experiences and Lessons Lili Liu and Michael Waibel Index

• ISBN: 978-1-84844-552-9
• Editorial: EDWARD ELGAR
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 392
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés